Welcome to the Sunstar CAL designed by Jo Smith for Stylecraft. The crochet along will begin on 3rd September 2019 and the patterns will be published in 7 instalments over three months. All the patterns will be free to download from www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk and will be available in UK terms, US terms and Dutch.

The Sunstar CAL is available in 3 colourways: My Sun and Stars, My Vintage and My Country Garden. Read on to see what inspired Jo’s design.

My Sun and Stars – was quite literal, it started with a sun in the sky – the triangles were added as an experiment and I liked them so then it just needed to be softened by adding circles which looked to me like planets. Therefore it became a sun in the middle with planets around. My imagination saw the sun in the night sky.

My Vintage – in this colourway, the colours are no longer literal. They remind me of a vintage tile or carpet with washed colours reminiscent of faded rugs of eastern origin. Not being my usual colour palette, it was both intriguing and exciting to challenge myself. The more I used these colours the more I loved their richness, depth and subtlety.

It has long been my dream to live in a cottage, growing flowers to fill jugs for my home. Picking shades for a colour recipe which evoked this dream, gave me weeks of pleasure, as I hooked these pretty shades together. It is my hope that you too will have a wonderful adventure as you work with the Country Garden colour recipe.

You can choose the yarn pack for your favourite colourway here. Please note that no printed patterns are included in the packs.